This qualitative oral study study's primary purpose is to elicit, preserve, and explore personal stories from individuals who participated in the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout. The study also builds understanding of narrators' experiences of the events surrounding the Walkout. In addition, as supported by oral history methodology, the…

Describes some of the "latest family squabbles" amongst the leaders and members of the national teachers' unions. (Author/WM)

Reports on the annual meetings of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Compares this year's issues to the political themes of last year's meetings. (WD)

The study reveals that a statistically significant number of teachers took advantage of a legislative option permitting them to retire earlier than previous legislation had permitted. The implications of this finding on the variables effecting attitudinal militancy among teachers and other professionals constitutes the primary thrust of the paper.…

Examines the relationship between some bureaucratic characteristics and teachers' sense of power. (Author)

Available evidence suggests that increased militancy has had only marginal impact on teacher earnings. Organizational restructuring has been, and will be, the major output of teacher militancy and bargaining. (Author/WM)

Examines how teacher power manifests itself at the national level and at the local level of both the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. (IRT)

Presents the full texts of two Supreme Court cases dealing with maternity leaves. (JF)

The basic concern of this paper is to identify those demographic, occupational, and organizational variables that might differentiate between those professions that have higher levels of attitudinal militancy from those that exhibit less militancy. Semantic differential attitudinal data was collected from 414 teachers in two school districts and…

A questionnaire survey was made of 414 teachers and 482 registered nurses from three hospitals in western New York. The purpose of the survey was to investigate variation between teachers and nurses, the reasons for their attitudinal militancy, and why teachers are more militant than nurses. (DS)

Based on interviews and participant-observation, a matrix of nine categories is proposed that classifies teachers in unions according to the intensity of their identification with the union ("us") and the union leadership's opponents ("them"). A complex image of teacher activism emerges, providing material for further research.…

Argues that collective bargaining as it now operates in Ontario is disruptive to the educational process and very costly. Suggests a new model in which the provincial government would create politically independent machinery to determine teacher salaries and fringe benefits. (Author/IRT)

The information in this report reveals that an estimated 118,000 teachers participated in strike action and that an estimated 911,000 man-days of instruction were involved in work stoppages that varied in duration from one-half day to 23 days. Tables provide data on (1) man-days involved; (2) strikes and work stoppages by organization, month, and…

The information in this report reveals that an estimated 89,651 teachers participated in strike action and that an estimated 717,217 man-days of instruction were involved in work stoppages that varied in duration from one day to 12 weeks. Tables provide data on (1) man-days involved; (2) strikes and work stoppages by organization, month, and…